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S vs Amethyst - What's the difference?

s | amethyst |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun amethyst is

amethyst.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    amethyst

    English

    (wikipedia amethyst)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=Lee A. Groat , title=Gemstones , volume=100, issue=2, page=128 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst , chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}
  • (uncountable) A purple colour.
  • (tincture) The purple tincture when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

    • See also

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